I basicly cut my teeth on Vegas when learning video editing techinques and aside from some short forays into the other brands I've stayed in Vegas whenever I have a say so in the process.
In the last few years I've been seeing plugins, tutorials, and other stuff talking about achieving the Ken Burns effect with panning and zooming on still photos. Things like the new Boris Continuum Complete 5 (from a recent Boris email) is one recent example that comes to mind.
http://www.borisfx.com/product/continuum/after_effects/pan_zoom_filter.php
In fact last year I was hired by a small producer to pan and zoom (with a video camera) around a table set with old black and white photographs ... for him to later edit in Final Cut Pro. I didn't understand why he didn't want to use the software to do that himself instead of trying to direct me. I even went so far as to suggested that he take a high res photo as a backup (in case he wanted to change a move). But he acted like he didn't even understand the concept of what I was trying to suggest.
So I have to ask....
Are all these "Ken Burns" plugins and tutorials trying to achieve something more advanced than what Vegas has been doing easily since version 3? Or am I just spoiled?
In the last few years I've been seeing plugins, tutorials, and other stuff talking about achieving the Ken Burns effect with panning and zooming on still photos. Things like the new Boris Continuum Complete 5 (from a recent Boris email) is one recent example that comes to mind.
http://www.borisfx.com/product/continuum/after_effects/pan_zoom_filter.php
In fact last year I was hired by a small producer to pan and zoom (with a video camera) around a table set with old black and white photographs ... for him to later edit in Final Cut Pro. I didn't understand why he didn't want to use the software to do that himself instead of trying to direct me. I even went so far as to suggested that he take a high res photo as a backup (in case he wanted to change a move). But he acted like he didn't even understand the concept of what I was trying to suggest.
So I have to ask....
Are all these "Ken Burns" plugins and tutorials trying to achieve something more advanced than what Vegas has been doing easily since version 3? Or am I just spoiled?